Where the Sand Meets the River
Egypt's climate
Polytheism means this
What is the belief in many gods/goddesses?
What is pharaoh?
This is the highest social class, considered to be the most powerful and richest person in Egypt
Who is the pharaoh?
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
What is Mesopotamia?
The world's longest river
What is the Nile River?
The process of preserving bodies
What is mummification?
The name of the pharaoh who shifted Egyptian religion from a polytheistic one to Atenism (the belief in Aten as the only god) and moved the official capital city to Amarna.
Who is Amenhotep IV or Akhenaten?
This social class carried out the pharaoh's orders in battle, acted as a police force, and also helped with building projects during peace times.
Who are the soldiers?
Also known as silt
What is fertile soil?
The Egyptian form of writing, communication, and art
What are hieroglyphics?
A pyramids was a form of this
What is a tomb?
The social class acted as the foundation of Egyptian society. These people were often prisoners of war or people in debt that completed almost every job at the physical level.
Who are slaves?
Polytheistic
The large, fan-shaped area of fertile soil that flows into the Mediterranean Sea
What is the Nile Delta?
The main job of the pharaoh
What is maintain order and balance both physically and religiously?
The name of the youngest pharaoh that began ruling Egypt at 9 years old. This pharaoh restored polytheism and tradition to Egypt after Akhenaten shifted the religion to Atenism (the belief in ONLY Aten).
Who is King Tutankhamun?
The people of this social class acted as official writers, writing about court sessions, business records, letters, contracts, and other written forms of communication. Considered to be elite members of society.
Who are scribes?
This civilization mainly had theocracy, the form of government ruled by religious authority.
What is Egypt?
This is where the Nile River begins
What is Central Africa?
The female pharaoh that served as the young pharaoh's regent (chief advisor) and later became the pharaoh altogether. Much of her legacy and history was erased mysteriously except for what she wrote herself.
Who is Queen Hatshepsut?
The name of the pharaoh that had a notable military career and is considered the most powerful pharaoh of the New Kingdom. He conquered more land for Egypt, spreading his influence into modern-day Syria. He also never lost a military campaign.
Name all 7 social classes that we have discussed in order starting from bottom to top.
What are slaves, peasants/laborers, artisans/craftspeople, soldiers, scribes, priests, and pharaohs?
People adapted to living near rivers by developing complex systems of canals for irrigation
What is both, Mesopotamia and Egypt?